Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-11-25
THRIVING VERMONT TOWNS.

SKETCHES or THE PROGRESS MADE IN SOME
OF THE TOWNS THAT ARE NOW FORGING
AHEAD, WITH BRATTLEBoRu HANDSOMELY
HEADING THE LIST.
A Brattleboro letter Of considerable
length, printed in Mondays Republican
records the generally prosperous condition
Of things which prevails in the Green
mountain state, mentioning particularly
the generous way in which capital is being
invested, the fair price which labor com
mands, the good crops Of the past season,
and the few failures or reverses which have
overtaken business men Coming down 10
the particularization Of typical towns the
writer Of the letter SAYS
"Beginning with Brattlcboro, this town has had
a remarkable and healthy growth. Her citizens
have WED with each other In matters pertaining
10 it's prosperity and adornment. The village I'M.
provement society has largely contributed To the
general healthfulness and beauty Of the place
making clean It's streets, cutting and shaping It's
hedges and turf, besides planting countless beds
OF flowers and various shrubs along the shaded
highways Probably 150new buildings have gone
up in the town during the past two years at an
expense OF fiO0,OOO Quite a large proportion Of
these buildings are private dwellings, OF hand
some design and finish, ranging IN price from
$500 TO $1,000 The new public library building.
given TO the town by the late George j. Brooks is
an ornament 10 the main street, being model Of
convenience and beauty, and costing about S25,-
ON. This, Win n generous endowment bN the
Brooks heirs, affords to the town a permanent
and complete public institution which is highly
appreciated and literally patronzed The towns
manufactures have been Obliged 10 run full time
to keep pace with orders. and many Of the opera
tives have put their savings into new and com
Portable houses The officers Of the village, with
a purpose to preserve its excellent sanitary con
dition, have added seven miles Of new sewerage,
and the Crowell water-works have been enlarged
and more generally distributed. The number Of
schools In town has Increased from II IN 1880 IN.
III there are about ~ at the present time, while
the number Of pupils has grown correspondingly,
80 that today there are probably as many IN the
village district alone as there were IN the whole
town seven yevrs ago. The new High school
building, erected three years ago at cost Of $50,
OOO, will accommodate go pupils The pDpula-
ton OF the town has probably increased 1000 in
the past six or seven years The streets arr
lighted with electricity, while few towns are bet
ter provided with concrete walks. The police rec
ords reveals the fact that good order and sobriety
govern In this busy town
Bellows Falls, the second largest village in
Nindham county, presents an air Of push and
prosperity The number Of buildings erected In
two years is placed at about %, the cost aggre-
eating S350,0O The chief industry Is that Of the
manufacture Of paper ANA the exceptional wa
r-pOwer IN utilized by number Of paper and
other firms, which together furnish employment
to a small army Of men aud women II II reck.
oned that the town has increased In population
since the last general census about l2U. The new
town hall recently completed is pretentiOus
looking building, costing something like 5000
4 successful effort Is now being made to secure
the establishment Of public library there"
Passing on to speak Of other towns which
have made more or less progress, the letter
says that seven new buildings have been
erected in Springfield within the last two
years at cost of about $4,000 Windsor
has built new school house which cost
$4,000, and several dwellings Hartford.
the scene of the horrible railroad disaster
last winter, has had rapid growth About
~ houses have gone up in the past two
years. The factory at Hartford village
cost $780, 900, and the new factories being
built at Olcott's Falls will cost even more.
Mortified has builded in various ways in
the last two years 10 the amount of S2j.-
900. Montpelier has advanced with ~ new
houses, ranging in cost from $500 to s. 600
The foundation has been laid for q new
government building. The granite indus
try is pushing Barre rapidly forward. Two
hundred buildings, worth $3.50. 900. have
been erected within two years In Bur
hngton 81 houses were built last year. The
outlay for new buildings for the full year
will exceed 1900 900, making a total for
the two years Of between 5000, 600 and
SIOO,OOO St Adams, in spite Of many
adversities has developed considerably
Rutland, although somewhat retarded by
labor agitations and the division Of the
town, erected 100 new buildings in 1886
and about $50 the present year Benning
ton, after years Of depression, has started
up with renewed vigor Probably 800
900 will cover the improvements Of the
present year. Proctor, aside from the
house Of DR.. j. q. Johnston. on which
nearly 5000, 900 has already been expended.
has built number Of inexpensive houses.
Manchester is progressing but slowly, and
little change is reported from Ludlow and
Woodstock